This is for middle grade and young-teenage readers, this nonfiction
about non-extinct pterosaurs that appear to eyewitnesses worldwide.
The Girl who saw a Flying Dinosaur
New nonfiction paperback cryptozoology book for Youth
NEWS PROVIDED BY
Jonathan David Whitcomb
Nov 12, 2018, 7:30 a.m., MT
MURRAY, Utah, Nov 12, 2018/LUAPT — Dinosaur books for children usually fall into two types: (1) something like the fiction of
a child on the back of a live dinosaur or (2) the nonfiction of ancient creatures that became extinct many millions of years ago.
One new nonfiction, however, takes the reader into a little explored jungle, figuratively and literally: human encounters with living
pterosaurs, what some persons call “dinosaur birds” or “pterodactyls” or “flying dinosaurs.” One eyewitness was a little girl in
Cuba in 1965: Patty Carson.
Much of The Girl who saw a Flying Dinosaur, however, is about other eyewitnesses of these large long-tailed featherless flying
creatures, for not only children but teenagers and adults have see them. In simple English, it compares different sighting reports.
It also explains why it is possible for some species of pterosaurs to still be living in our modern world.
Simple basics about how culture relates to these sightings—that is covered in this book: “Some people in Western countries like
the United States do not belief everything that is said by natives in Papua New Guinea. Those natives may think differently than
we do, because they live in a different culture. Maybe something in their culture might cause them to think that they had seen
something like a Sordes pilosus. I have an answer to that.” (from page 32)
Here is part of how that is answered in The Girl who saw a Flying Dinosaur: “Let’s now consider two eyewitnesses from Western
countries, two men who saw strange flying creatures south and southeast of Umboi Island, many years ago. I believe they saw
the same kind of animal: the ropen.”
This nonfiction, for readers from eight to fourteen years old, gives more than one approach to questions about extinctions. The
book points out that the first pterosaur fossil was “examined by a Western scientist was in 1784, when Benjamin Franklin was still
alive.” It then gives a partial list of animals that were living (and are still living) in 1800 but which were unknown to the Western
scientists in the year 1800:
•
Western grey kangaroo
•
Red kangaroo
•
Malayan tapir
•
Mountain tapir
•
Baird’s tapir
•
Mountain gorilla
•
Komodo dragon
•
Omura’s whale
•
Myanmar snub-nosed monkey
•
Tapanuli orangutan
It also points out that Omura’s whale was not found to be a separate species until 2003, and on page 11, it says that “real
science progresses and dictionaries and other books can change. Until a few years ago, many books said that the Komodo
Dragon does not have venom. Many scientists now know that this reptile has a dangerous venom, and newer books tell us that.”
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The Girl who saw a Flying Dinosaur
Nonfiction, paperback, 56 printed pages, English
Published on November 8, 2018
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN-13: 978-1727778847 5½ by 8½ inches
On Nov 12, 2018, on Amazon: $7.80 (U.S. dollars)
The Girl who saw a
Flying Dinosaur
New nonfiction paperback
cryptozoology book for Youth
NEWS PROVIDED BY
Jonathan David Whitcomb
Nov 12, 2018, 7:30 a.m., MT
MURRAY, Utah, Nov 12, 2018/LUAPT — Dinosaur books for children usually fall into two
types: (1) something like the fiction of a child on the back of a live dinosaur or (2) the non-
fiction of ancient creatures that became extinct many millions of years ago. One new non-
fiction, however, takes the reader into a little explored jungle, figuratively and literally: human
encounters with living pterosaurs, what some persons call “dinosaur birds” or “pterodactyls”
or “flying dinosaurs.” One eyewitness was a little girl in Cuba in 1965: Patty Carson.
Much of The Girl who saw a Flying Dinosaur, however, is about other eyewitnesses of these
large long-tailed featherless flying creatures, for not only children but teenagers and adults
have see them. In simple English, it compares different sighting reports. It also explains why
it is possible for some species of pterosaurs to still be living in our modern world.
Simple basics about how culture relates to these sightings—that is covered in this book:
“Some people in Western countries like the United States do not belief everything that is
said by natives in Papua New Guinea. Those natives may think differently than we do,
because they live in a different culture. Maybe something in their culture might cause them
to think that they had seen something like a Sordes pilosus. I have an answer to that.”
Here’s part of how that’s handled in The Girl who saw a Flying Dinosaur: “Let’s now consider
two eyewitnesses from Western countries, two men who saw strange flying creatures south
and southeast of Umboi Island, many years ago. I believe they saw the same kind of animal:
the ropen.”
This nonfiction, for readers from eight to fourteen years old, gives more than one approach
to questions about extinctions. It points out that the first pterosaur fossil was “examined by
a Western scientist was in 1784, when Benjamin Franklin was still alive.” It then gives a
partial list of animals that were living (and are still living) in 1800 but which were unknown to
Western scientists in the year 1800:
•
Western grey kangaroo
•
Red kangaroo
•
Malayan tapir
•
Mountain tapir
•
Baird’s tapir
•
Mountain gorilla
•
Komodo dragon
•
Omura’s whale
•
Myanmar snub-nosed monkey
•
Tapanuli orangutan
It also points out that Omura’s whale was not found to be a separate species until 2003,
and on page 11, it says that “real science progresses and dictionaries and other books can
change. Until a few years ago, many books said that the Komodo Dragon does not have
venom. Many scientists now know that this reptile has a dangerous venom, and newer books
tell us that.”
###
The Girl who saw a Flying Dinosaur
Nonfiction, paperback, 56 printed pages, English
Published on November 8, 2018
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN-13: 978-1727778847 5½ by 8½ inches
On Nov 12, 2018, on Amazon: $7.80 (U.S. dollars)
This is for middle grade and young-teenage readers,
this nonfiction about non-extinct pterosaurs
that appear to eyewitnesses worldwide.
NEWS PROVIDED BY
Jonathan David Whitcomb
Nov 12, 2018, 7:30 a.m., MT
MURRAY, Utah, Nov 12, 2018/LUAPT — Dinosaur books for children
usually fall into two types: (1) something like the fiction of a child on the
back of a live dinosaur or (2) the nonfiction of ancient creatures that
became extinct many millions of years ago. One new nonfiction, how-
ever, takes the reader into a little explored jungle, figuratively and
literally: human encounters with living pterosaurs, what some persons
call “dinosaur birds” or “pterodactyls” or “flying dinosaurs.” One eyewit-
ness was a little girl in Cuba in 1965: Patty Carson.
Much of The Girl who saw a Flying Dinosaur, however, is about other
eyewitnesses of these large long-tailed featherless flying creatures, for
not only children but teenagers and adults have see them. In simple
English, it compares different sighting reports. It also explains why some
species of pterosaurs may still be living in our modern world.
Simple basics about how culture relates to these sightings—that is
covered in this book: “Some people in Western countries like the United
States do not belief everything that is said by natives in Papua New
Guinea. Those natives may think differently than we do, because they
live in a different culture. Maybe something in their culture might cause
them to think that they had seen something like a Sordes pilosus. I
have an answer to that.” (from page 32)
Here is part of how that is answered in The Girl who saw a Flying
Dinosaur: “Let’s now consider two eyewitnesses from Western
countries, two men who saw strange flying creatures south and
southeast of Umboi Island, many years ago. I believe they saw
the same kind of animal: the ropen.”
This nonfiction, for readers from eight to fourteen years old, gives
more than one approach to questions about extinctions. The book
points out that the first pterosaur fossil was “examined by a Western
scientist was in 1784, when Benjamin Franklin was still alive.” It then
gives a partial list of animals that were living (and are still living) in
1800 but which were unknown to the Western scientists in 1800:
•
Western grey kangaroo
•
Red kangaroo
•
Malayan tapir
•
Mountain tapir
•
Baird’s tapir
•
Mountain gorilla
•
Komodo dragon
•
Omura’s whale
•
Myanmar snub-nosed monkey
•
Tapanuli orangutan
It also points out that Omura’s whale was not found to be a separate
species until 2003. On page 11, it says that “real science progresses
and dictionaries and other books can change. Until a few years ago,
many books said that the Komodo Dragon does not have venom.
Many scientists now know that this reptile has a dangerous venom,
and newer books tell us that.”
###
The Girl who saw a Flying Dinosaur
Nonfiction, paperback, 56 printed pages, English
Published on November 8, 2018
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN-13: 978-1727778847 5½ by 8½ inches
On Nov 12, 2018, on Amazon: $7.80 (U.S. dollars)
The Girl who saw a
Flying Dinosaur
New nonfiction paperback
cryptozoology book for Youth
This is for middle grade and young-teenage readers,
this nonfiction about non-extinct pterosaurs
that appear to eyewitnesses worldwide.